Senior ICT Azure and Infrastructure Services Architect


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Reference number

331645

Salary

£45,256 – £52,399
Appointments expected at the lower point of the band.
A
Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Other

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HEFCW – Corporate Services – ICT team

Type of role

Information Technology

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

Cardiff, Wales, CF10 4BZ

Job summary

Are you ready for a new challenge in IT and Digital Services? Do you want to be part of shaping the technical landscape, driving forward innovation and change? If so, we are looking for you to join our team at a very exciting time, as we become the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (CTER), the new arm’s length body responsible for overseeing and funding post-16 education and research in Wales.

As we prepare for CTER to become operational from April 2024, we are keen to expand the IT and Digital Services Team so that CTER has established technical services to support the organisation from day one.

We are recruiting for an experienced Senior ICT Azure and Infrastructure Services Architect who will play a crucial role in developing business critical solutions to support CTER’s statutory and regulatory obligations.

Job description

Working with your Head of Team, you will be responsible for the planning, development, implementation, maintenance and correct functioning of Azure ICT systems and associated services required to meet specific business needs. You will ensure that all solutions meet or exceed the latest security requirements.

Person specification

You will have excellent technical and organisational skills, be capable of building effective working relationships with colleagues throughout the organisation and externally, act with integrity and sensitivity, and display strong judgement and problem solving abilities.

You will need to be educated to degree level (or equivalent) in an ICT related subject, and will likely have additional technical qualifications with experience in an ICT role. You will be a team player, with the ability to work on your own initiative, prioritise tasks effectively, and set a balance between various competing requirements.

You will have an attitude that puts information security at the forefront of your mind in everything you do.

Alongside your salary of £45,256, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales contributes
£12,219 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • We have a range of flexible working policies that support a work life balance and provide a strong message of well-being
  • We support the Welsh language and its use in our day to day work, and we will support you if you would like to start or continue to learn Welsh at a pace that suits you and the organisation
  • We offer a generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days paid leave per year, rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service, flexi time, homeworking, and supportive special leave arrangements
  • We’ll involve you in your performance management process, setting your objectives and identifying training or coaching that will help you carry out your role more effectively.

Selection process details

For more information please click ‘Apply’.   HEFCW is a Disability Confident and Living Wage accredited employer.  We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace and we particularly encourage LGBTQ+ applicants, disabled applicants and people from an ethnic minority background, who are currently under-represented at HEFCW.  

We are pleased to accept application forms in Welsh and English.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : Alison Haggett
  • Email : alison.haggett@hefcw.ac.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : hrdepartment@hefcw.ac.uk
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